Memo: Statement on the negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina on the bilateral trade regime after the accession of Croatia to the EU

The European Commission regrets the continuous stalemate in the negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina on the bilateral trade regime after the accession of Croatia to the EU.

In the current negotiations on the adaptation of the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) and its Interim Agreement in light of Croatia's accession to the EU, Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to refuse the methodology of the EU. This methodology consists of a purely technical adaptation of the bilateral trade of the EU with Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to take into account the traditional trade of the country with Croatia under the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).